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  <dc:contributor>G.R. Wilde</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>K.L. Pope</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2010</dc:date>
  <dc:description>We conducted a field experiment to determine the survival rate of foul-hooked (hooked external to the oral cavity) largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) caught and released by recreational anglers. Of 42 largemouth bass caught with hard-plastic baits containing three treble hooks, 15 were hooked only within the mouth and 27 had at least one hook penetrating the external surface of the fish (i.e., foul-hooked). There was no difference in survival of mouth-hooked (100%), foul-hooked (100%), or control (100%) largemouth bass.</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:title>Survival of foul-hooked largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
</oai_dc:dc>